Huave, San Francisco del Mar
A language of Mexico
| Population | 900 (1990 census). 30%–40% monolingual in old village. Ethnic population: 3,900 (1990 census). |
| Region | Southeast coast, Oaxaca, Juchitán District, San Francisco del Mar, old and new town. |
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Eastern Central Mexico, reference number 122 |
| Dialects | 38% intelligibility with San Mateo del Mar Huave [huv]. Most divergent variety of Huave. Only fishermen tested, who were familiar with other varieties. |
| Classification | Huavean |
| Language use | Younger also use Spanish. 2,000 to 3,000 in the new San Francisco shifted from Huave to Spanish. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | Nontonal. Fishermen. |
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